Thursday More Normal

I had the usual trouble sleeping as I could fall asleep in a comfy chair without much effort, but, as usual, I have trouble being comfortable, and it still feels more like switching off and rebooting than sleeping. But, at least, the stygian black that swallows my mind has turned to shades of grey. Each reboot has me proving hydration as the thrush has me drinking glass after glass of water. It has to go somewhere. I am not sure, as it is so clear when returned, that it actually went anywhere.

I rose after 7AM, made coffee at 4:30 for Linda as I got my painkillers returned to reboot later, and started on the blog. I had a Code Brown, stripped, took an unscheduled shower, and dressed. I put the PJs and a few other items into The Machine. Later, a power blink crashed The Machine to endless drying. Linda is very unhappy with that as she thinks it is a safety issue. The Machine needs a power conditioner for a few bucks. I ran diagnoses and sent them to LG.

Linda and I headed to the Doctor’s as it was my usual three-month you-got-diabetes-and-your-A1C-was-up-earlier appointment. The weight loss, 234 pounds with shoes on, and my better A1C last time got me smiles. As is my tradition at the Doctor’s, we talked about trips and how the cruise ship connections let my friend’s wife work from home on a cruise ship. Doc may try that!

Back in three months, after a blood draw today. Off to the lab. As a doctor’s office walk-in, they serve everyone else first, but I waited only thirty minutes. The phlebologist saw the marks and bruises on my arms from the five lines and various pokes and asked me which arm. I smiled back and said to pick the spot where her bruise could go, and that got a smile. We talked about how to prevent a bruise, and she was extra light in her touch to only leave a mark; no new bruise!

Linda found me and headed to McMenamins at Cedar Crossing. There, I had a Purple Haze beer with a Captain Neon Burger (local blue cheese with bacon). Linda tried the fish and chips, which were crunchy. I was getting tired already. After lunch, now that the Fred Myers pharmacy was open (closed thirty minutes for lunch), I picked up the hard-to-get thrush treatment. Yay!

Linda needs a prescription, and after getting turned around, we found the closest Walgreens that will fill Linda’s Rx. We headed back, passing three Walgreens, at least, that were closer to the house. No matter, we will get the Rx in the morning. Linda took off the rest of Thursday and Friday. Linda needed to rest. I watched more of President Trump’s conviction news.

Corwin baked Trader Joes frozen steak pies for dinner. They were good.

Aside: I was relieved that the jury found the evidence convincing. While you may think this whole thing is cooked up, I am always happy when twelve people decide to use our oldest and best tool, our fellow Americans, to decide the issue. Will it survive an appeal? Was it the right thing to do? Those are future things. Well, I am a liberal, but I strongly believe in the current jury system at the state level. That law-and-order when I was a moderate-republican is still there. I loved the old versions of Law and Order.

I went to bed early. My vision makes reading difficult as the healing continues and inflammation passes through my face and eyes. It is a strange process as waves and pulses continue. I read for a while anyway.

I turn off the lights and start my rebooting cycles.

Thanks for reading.